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The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-11-23
HENRY /. BlOSSlT, Business Manager
TOLl'VER'S NELL,

She's little mite O. creetur,
Harry knee high ter duck,
But ter sight cutter, sweeter
Face has never been my luck,
Hair middlin' sorrel color,
Eyes that make the sky look duller.
Thet's her style and suits me we'll
Ez the rest O. TolrVer's Nell.
Lawsl she wouldn' rach my shoulder,
Boosted up on tippy-toos
Yet feel er right smart holder
Wen she amt so ve'y close.
Gurus tibet o gel sh'u' daze me,
Wen no man er beast kin faze met
Peers like its kind o. spell
No one hes 'cep' Toll'vers Nell.
am not much USE ter takin'
Any word of any man;
But I set plumb scarf an shakin'
Wen she 'casion'ly sez: Dan!
How long fore yen low it's true
Tibet hev no use for your
She's master hand to tell
Cuttin' things, Is Toll'ver's Nell.
Thar be men I'D git offended
BY sech plain-out talk, ye say!
Well, 1t pears ez eff I'm Tended
Stren'th ter stan it this-a-way;
Fer I'm boun' ter stick till she
Takes me ter git shet O. me;
Ye kin wear out any gel,
Tho she's sot as Toll'ver's Nell!
-ESa Wilder lMcGlasson, in It'd Bits.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-11-23

Little George used to say his even.
ing prayer while sitting in his mothers
lap. One night he hoped down, and
dropping on his knees, raised his hands
in very devotional attitude, and re.
peated: Nov llay me down to sleep"
Charmed at tho manifestation Of rev.
erence, his father asked: George,
do you suppose God likes to have you
say your prayers this way better than
the way you used TOP" 20, / don't
suppose God cares anything about 1t, !"
the child replied. Il was thinking Of
the kangaroo. He had bcen to the
menagerie and seen the animal sitting
on Its launches with its fore feet placed
together somewhat as he placed his
hands In saying his prayers. Boston
Post
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-11-23
AN INCREDIBLE STORY,
Story That Double Discounts Rider
HaSgard's Productions.

a Story That Double Discounts Rider
Hasgard's Productions.
The great demand at prosecution i'm
probable stories leads 10 the belief
that the following yarn will be very
popular:
1t was night.
A horseman slowly wound his way
at q mad gallop up the hill road which
led to Cookport.
A ride of three or four miles brings
him to his destination in two minutes
and a half.
He stops before humble vino clad
cottage, the palatial marble residence
Of Miss Agatha Hungerford Snipps.
Agatha is the only daughter of her
parents. who manage to live sumptu-
ously in Woodworking retirement on
an income of fifty dollars per year.
Mr.. and Mrs. Snipps are both dead.
Although Agatha is an orphan, she
has been reared to know no want.
Her education was finished one-fin-
ished this very year, in fact; and, in
credible as it may seem, she not only
knew as much when she left college as
when she entered it, but she had actu-
ally learned something.
She had learned that it is not proper
to ask for second plate of soup un-
less she is very, very hungry.
Agatha, said Mrs. Ships. "who is
that woman alighting at the gate?'
THAT woman." observed Mr.. Snipps,
without giving Agatha time to reply,
lis Mr.. Montgomery Digby Jones, and
he has come to see our Agatha. He
loves her, but he does not like to pro-
pose. knowing she is the heiress of
all these vast estates. He hesitates O.,
incumbcr himself with SO much prop
erty, rs we'll as with Il wife. But
Agatha" turning to the girl, "trea,
him we'll. He will make a good son.
in-law."
1.-THE old folks withdrew rs MI:
Jones rang the bell. He was soon
ushercd into the parlor where sat the
blooming Agatha. tall, willowy girl
of four feet high and weighing two
hundred and seventy-two pounds ten
ounces.
Agatha and Digby were engaged.
although the girls parents knew it
not.
They had been betrothed for two
days
"Evenin'," said Digby, as he stepped
within the doorway.
''Howdy," replied Agatha.
She kept her seat by the window
while Digby seated himself across the
room by the door.
Aftor some desultory conversation
Digby remarked:
Agatha I hear that they have
some excellent ice cream at Browns
confectionery. Lst us 60 and get
some"
mo-" replied Agatha, Il never
eat ice cream" It'd. Bits.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-11-23
VOL. XLII.-NO. Al.
plTH AND POINT.

Probably, of all sensational devol.
opments, boils are the worst.
When supply and demand cease t.
play, values completely disappear:
The crutch of Time accomplishes
more than the club of Hercules. BAL
Maser Gracian
When you put your fingers into
somebody elsc's pie you must expect
to get tart rcjoinders. Darlington
Free Press.
Man must work. He may work
grudgingly or gratefully. He may
work as man or as machine -
Henry Giles
Most of the people who are willing
to tell how to become rich are finally
buried at the expense of the county
Lincoln Journal.
Some O. de tenderest words ie
spoken by de ugliest men. Dc sweet.
est hick'ry nuts grows on de toughest
trees. -Arkansaw Traveller
What some people call their sen.
sitiveness is merely disinclination to
be treated as they would treat others
under the same circumstances.
"A great many good mon have
missed the top of tho ladder by at.
tempting too many rounds at tho first
jump.-Shoe and Leather Reporter:
"A Chance for Some Inventor
Oflate they have chtmneys invented
Which all Of their own smoke consume;
Now understanding piano
Is needed to help out the boom.
It'd Bits
Omaha Dame - my daughter
your husband is villain" Bride Of
Month-''Wha-." ''Hc' married
before. and for all we know has wife
living yet" Horrors! How do you
know?'' Il asked him to step into the
store and match these zephyrs for you.
and he wouldn't do it." - Omaha
World.
An Irishman, who was witness
in recent case at the Tombs. gave .
lawyer who was cross-examining him
so much trouble by his witty evasions
that the counsel at last said to him:
"See here, my man. if the devil could
have his choice between you and me.
which Of us do you think he would
take firstP' (Which Of us would tha
devil take irstp" said the witness.
"Why, me, of course, because he
knows that he could have you at any
timo." IN y Ledger.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-11-23
ALEXANDRIA, LOUISIANA, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER % 1887

We've lost our home here. you know,
and l don't see just how to begin
again. yet. I'm an old man to begin
again."
"But we can spare! We can't
spare you out of the church, We
can't spare you out of the prayer
meeting"
Deacon Simon looked searchingly at
Mr. Clover's honest, earnest face, and
presently tears dimmed his eyes.
you really mean it; you're SAYING
it in earnestr' he said. ''Well, thank
the Lord! Seems to me now can 90
in peace. 1 made sure everybody
would be glad, and it hurt mo most of
all just now. IL hare loved the
church. Nobody prayed deeper out of
his heart for it than l."
No; and l tell you we can't spare
such praying; we won't, either, if
can help it. Come, 1 want to talk
this all over. I've got som, money to
invest. This is the very place I've
been looking for to put it in; near to
the town; rising in tho value every
day. Martins going to put it in the
market; I'll buy it from HIM, if you'll
stay here and keep 1t for mo.
The deac on could not keep the light
from rising in his face, but he said
steadily: The farm won't bring you
the interest of your money. I've done
my best on it and I Know"
IN ever mind, it'll be trebled in
value in ten years for building lots,
and besides wouldn't it pay if there
was some capital put in, you know---
fertilizers. and new machines?
Wouldn't l like to try the expert
ment! But 1 couldn't do it alone.
Won't you stay and help mo out in
il?"
Deacon Simon had been a proud
man. He had never asked sympathy
or help in his life. To have them
poured upon him unasked in this hour
of his dcsolation was very sweet to
him; sweeter than he had words to
express. His heart clung to the old
place. He could not refuse the friend
ly offer thus made to him.
what a Thanksgiving this will be
for us" he said, as he babe his visitor
good night.
You won't mind. Ellen" said Mr..
Clover to his wife that night, ''if the
church is not re-dccorated this year,
will you?'
NO." she replied-"it can spare
the paint better than it can Deacon
simon's prayers"
"You don't think I've fetched the
gift off the altar changing my plan
with it?"
mo-" and presently she repeated:
"Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one
of the least of these my brethren, ye
have done it unto me. IN E. Ben
yaeN
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-11-23
WHOLESOME REFORM.
Dishonest Republican Postmasters Made
to DIsgorgo Their Spolls.

|
to DIsgorgo Their Spells.
Very little has been said about the
good work done by the Democratic
Administration in turning the rascals
out OF post-offices they held all over
the country, but nevertheless it has re-
suited in very considerable retrench-
mcnt of expenses. There was wide
spread stealing by Republican post
masters, but it would never have been
heard of if the people had not decided
to open. the books and have Dem
ocratic officials to examine. That
is why a great many fourth
class post-oflices which used to
pay the postmaster from $50 to 500
aquarter do not pay the present in
combent more than one-tenth of that
revenue. The reason is that the new
Democratic postmasters charge just
what their business entities them to,
whereas their Republican predecessors
charged just as much as they though t
they could get from the profligate Re-
publican Administration. Fourth-class
postmasters are paid according to the
number of stamps they cancel, or, in
other words. according to the amount
of mail originating at that Office to be
forwarded to the rest of the world.
"The department." says Chief Clerk
Roy, "has very frequently to send out
an inspector to see what is the reason
for the serious falling off in postal bust
ness, as indicated by reduced salaries
earned by the new postmasters. A
postmaster now at the end of
the quarter claims only IS or
Sc as the amount due him
on the business of his Office for the
three months. The books show that
his predecessor was in the habit of
making $40 or $50 every quarter. The
inspector investigates and finds that
there has been no apparent falling off
in business. The Office is not boy
cotted; fully as many people patronize
it as formerly, and they send as much
mail matter as they had been accus-
toned to send. The explanation is
that while the Republican postmaster
had only done S. or Sc worth of bust
ness he represented that he had done
ten times rs much and claimed accord
ingly. The department has practically
had to take the word of the post
master; at least, it has generally done
so. The marked difference between
the large charges made by tho post
masters of the old regime and the
small charges made by their Demo-
cratic successors, who did not know
how to steal, suggested to the Demo-
cratic Administration that there APP
pearcd to be something wrong, and
that an investigation was needed. The
investigation has proved that the Re-
publican postmasters have been icharg-
ing away out of all proportion to the
business done. The charge has been
brought home to a large number of
them, and SO thoroughly that gener-
ally the delinquent returned to the
Government what he had wrongfully
drawn in years past, and whenever the
delinquent official has failed to settle
the bondsman has generally come to
the front with alacrity. In this way
the present Administration has already
recovered about half u million dollars
from Republican fourth-class post
masters who had been in the habit of
drawing for bigger business than
they really transacted. Washington
Posi-.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-11-23
territory Napoleon had better iaea Of
what he was doing than the British

commissioners had when they gave up
the Northwest territory in 1888, but
even Napoleon only dimly discerned
what the wilderness he was parting
with would grow into. 1t included the
vast domain lying west of the Missis-
sippi and north of Texas, Mexico and
California and extending to British
America, now embracing the States of
Arkansas, Colorado, Missouri, Louis
lana, Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa, Mime
sofa and Oregon, the Indian Nation,
and the Territories of Dakota, Idaho,
Montana Wyoming and Washington
the whole having an area of 1,173,-
600 square miles-ncarly third
greater than the original domain of the
country.
The next acquisition of territory was
that of Florida, bought from Spain at
a cost OF 100000 by the Monroe
Administration, in 1921. BY this pur-
chase we gained 10000 square miles
OF new territory, and secured contin-
uous line of seacoast from Maine to
the Sabine river.
Texas was annexed in 1915, under
the Polk Administration, giving us an
additional 10000 square miles. Out
OF this annexation grew the Mexican
war, under the same Administration
in 1647, which ended in the conquest of
the territory now embraced in part of
Arizona, California, Colorado, New
Mexico, Nevada, Utah, and small parts
OF Kansas and Wyoming, and having
an area of 636, square miles.
Under the Administration of Mr..
Pierce, in 1858, we negotiated the
"Gadsden purchase" as it was called,
by which we acquired an additional
45,500 square miles, now included in
Arizona
The next and last acquisition was
that OF Alaska. under the Andrew
johnson Administration. in 1868. This
added territory of $4,000 square
miles area to the country, and extended
its northern limit up within the Arctic
circle. We paid for it $7,5OO.OOO. An
examination of the map will show that
Alaska is the only part of the
public domain separated from
the body of the country. A part
OF British America lies between the
two. This awkward arrangement
grows out of the Oregon boundary
treaty of 1886. The British and our
selves both claimed the whole of Ore
gon Territory; we up to latitude 3D. 40,
and the dispute waxed SO warm and war;
like that ''Fifty-four Forty or Fight"
actually became an alliteratiye war
cry; but treaty was finally made ut
Washington, by which the British
backed up and we backed down to the
forty-nintd parallel, which has ever
since constituted the boundary.
1t will be observed that this success
sion of acquisitions by which, in the
brief period of sixty-tive years, the Or
iginal domain of the country was ex-
panded from S27, 500 to 8, 600. 600 square
miles, or more than quadrupled, was
the work almost exclusively of Demo-
cratic administrations. Indeed, if we
call James Monroe and Andrew John
son Democrats-and they can not prop
erly be called any thing else-then
every foot of territory added to the
original domain is the product of the
Democratic policy which Mr.. Jefferson
inauguratcd in the Louisiana purchase
in 1903. 81. Louis Republican.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-11-23

There are few more disagreeable
people in this world than the people
who ere always doing wrong and then
telling you how bad they feel about it.
They ought either TO do right or else
get q tougher conscience.
New Ulm weekly review., 1887-09-21

sive heat. I have never had hogs do
as well as when they came out of doors
to eat, aud had no other protection
than a snug little building running
north and south Is feet, with q door
at the south end, aud the bed at the OPP
posite. The width was only 8 feet.
The sty and yard were so located that
the cold winds did not strike either
These simple accommodations have
afforded me the best results in winter
ing young pigs. and they would be
equally as good for older ones. The
floor of the sty, which is simply the
earth, has been raised above all soak
age, or possibility Of wet, and the
sides and end of the building make a
surrounding for the pigs to lie against
and to keep the bed in place. A large
sty is not necessary, and should much
prefer number Of small ones, with
separate yards, rather than an exten-
sive one. They might all be made
with one continued roof. but the parti-
tions should be frequent. The manure
and all of the droppings can be saved
by carting out the earth inside for a
depth of a foot Oh more, and also on the.
outside in the yard. A fresh supply of
earth will fill up the space, to be again
taken away. With plank door, un-
less it is tight, the amount OF fertilizer
wasted underneath, and not to be
reached, is very great. If saved, it will
swell the profit.
New Ulm weekly review., 1887-09-21
His FlYship on a Spree.

The bartender said: "a roach is a
happy, harmless drunkard, but liquor
makes a fly quarrelsome. At that in
stant a big house fly fell into glass of
champagne that one Of the spectators
of the roach's debauch was preparing
to drink. The fly was rescued from
the wine and laid ON the counter. He
appeared at first to be dead, but he
finally revived, struggling to his feet
and tried to walk away. One Of the
spectators thrust his finger before the
Hs's head, but his fyship paid no need
to the act. He walked about in a cir
Gle and staggered like a topper. Occa-
sionally the legs on one side of his
body would give out and he would fall
over oR his back, wearily wave his legs
in the ain and then lie motionless and
supremacy contented. A magnify ing
glass was produced and 8 view of the
] fy's eonntenance showed that his eyes
were CLASSY and his expression idiotie
as compared with that Of the temper.
ate fly. When the wine had begun to
fully assert its power the fly struggled
to his feet and proceeded to vindicate
the bartender's estimate of him. He
reeled along the counter until he met a
sober fly that was making towards a
cube Of loaf sugar. The topper darted
towards the temperate fly and attacked
him with malice aforethought The
temperate fly tried in vain to escape.
Then he turned on his assailant. rolled
him over on his back and left him with
his legs in the air. -. Detroit Jcu5nak
New Ulm weekly review., 1887-09-21
<sGiaslts in Those Days.

Pliny mentions the giant Cab bara,
who was nine feet nine inches tall,
and two other giants. Poison and Sc
cundilla, who were half a foot taller.
Garpolus tells OF q young giantess
who was ten feet high.
Lecat speaks of a Scotch giant
eleven feet six inches in height.
giant eight feet high w&s exhibited
at Rouen In 1855.
A Swedish peasant, cited by Button,
was eight teet and eight
lines in height, and the stat
ure OF the Finnish giant Cajanus was
the same, while Frederick William,
King OF Prussia, had guard ,of,near-
ly equal stature.
The giant Gille de Trent, IN the aTy-
rol, and one at the guardseef the nake
OF BRUNSWICK. was more than eight
feet four inches in height.
The Grecian giant Amanab, now
eighteen years old, is seven feet eialrt
inches tall.
The Chinese giant Chang, eight feet
three inches.
The Austrian giant, Windkelmeier,
who was recently exhibited in Paris
measuring eight and one-half feet,
may be regarded rs a specimen OF the
highest stature attained by the hui
man species
At the opposite extremes may be
found numerous dwarfs not moie
than twenty inches, and some even
as little as sixteen and even tEelve
inches in height; but such dwarfs are
only monsters with atrophied linabs
or twisted back-bones. or stunted in
fants whose age is usually exagger-
ated by their Barnums.
New Ulm weekly review., 1887-09-21
The Cork Oak.

The growth of cork oak in California
is not a matter of experiment.; its sue
cess was demonstrated long ago. The
distribution of cork-acorns by the Pat
ent Office about twenty-five years ago
may not have accomplished much in
other parts of the country, but it gave
us a start, and there are now trees
yielding cork and bearing acorns at a
number of different places in the State.
There are trees growing on Mr.. Rich
ardson's place at San Gabriel. There
were samples of cork and acorns shown
at the Sacramento Citrus Fair by H. A.
Messenger, Of Calaveras County, there
are trees of similar age in Sonoma,
Santa Barbara and Tulare. and perhaps
other counties. The State University
IS growing seedlings from California
cork acorns, and will be likely to have
the trees for distribution next year.
There is no doubt about the adaptation
of the tree to the State as the widely
separated places named above all furn-
ish proper conditions for its growth. It
is OF course crop of which one has to
wait some time to gather. and there
fore needs patience in the planter.
All the corkwood of commerce comes
from the Spanish Peninsula, where the
trees abound not only in cultivated
forests but also grow wild on the
mountains. The tree is like an Ameri-
can oak,. with leaves similar to the
oak and acorns. 1t takes ten years
for the bark to become proper thick
ness to be manufactured into bottle
shoppers, life preservers and seine
corks. When stripped from the tree
it is to be boiled for two hours, cured
in the sun for week and pressed into
fiat pieces for bailing and shipping.
The denuded trunk, like hen robbed
of her eggs, does not sulk and quit the
business, but throws out fresh cover
ing for afresh spoliation. The tree has
been known to yield half ton of cork
wood. One pound Of cork can be
manufactured into IA champagne
corks. The baled cork bark is sold to
cork manufacturing centres. The most
extensive manufactory in America is at
Pittsburg. Besides the ordinary de-
mands for cork bark, good supply Of
the buoyant material, after being burn
ed, to make it still lighter than the
original bark. is shipped to Canada and
New England, where it is made into
seine corks. The average annual inn
portation of corkwood into this
country, entirely at the port of New
York, is 10000 bales year. A bale
weighs 16o pounds, and is worth
on this side Of the water 500. making
a total value of the importations OF
81. 100000. It comes in duty free
Pacific Rural Press.
New Ulm weekly review., 1887-09-21
MINNESOTA NEWS.
A. o. U. W.
Biennial Session of the Select knights Of the


Biennial Session Of the Select knights Of the
Supreme Legion.
The fourth biennial conclave OF the Sc
iect Knights Of the Supreme Legion A. O.
o. w. Of the United States and Canada,
convened last week in K. of r. hall.
Supreme Commander George W.
Reed OF Topeka, Kan. called the
convention to order, and introduced Col.
Kerr, president OF the council. who, in the
absence OF Mayor Smith, welcomed the
visitors. The attendance OF knights was
very large.
Grand Commander Reed read his re-.
port, which covered 60 pages OF prin ted
matter. The report contained number
Of decisions, not however, of general in
terest, and recommendations as to mat
ters ritual, Uniform, &c.
Supreme Recorder w. F.. Bohn. OF ST..
Louis, reported total receipts at $l44,-
B72.S5; disbursements the same, in
Guiding balance on hand of 81, 144.72.
The following is the total membership
fOr the fSca vaar 1 227.
Nevada County picayune., 1887-04-20
Catarrh Cured.
DAWSON, GA, DEC, :, 1886.

DAWSON, GA, DEC. {, lSS6.
 For fully nine years had ca tarrh. For five years 1 had II in the very worse form, how obnoX- ious that is I need not recount. l was under treatment of one oi the most celebrated eye, ear and throat physicians in the United States, but he was unable to do me any good. In despair, l resor- ted to numerous patent medicines that saw advertised, but of no avail, Finally, about six months ago I began to take $. $. $. in sheer desperation, but with little hope and no faith Tn it. But to- day 1 am comparatively well; in deed, 1 have been so benefited by the s. $. $, that, although skeptlc- al of it's merits, l am compelled by the benefit l have derived from it, to testify to it's unquestioned cu- ratlve powers in catarrh cases. The est bcompliment l can pay it is that l have recently recommen- ded it to number of my warmest personal friends.
 MRS. E. c. KENDRICK.